Politics

Diamond Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s fastest growing retail bank, has appointed Mr. Christopher Ubosi as a Non-Executive Director. Mr. Christopher Ubosi holds a B.Sc. in Quantity Surveying from the University of Ife and an M.Sc.  from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Mr Ubosi has over twenty years experience in the Built Environment, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Industries. He has been …

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Tayo Olanipekun A film with a message most people in the society can relate with a curiosity arousing theme and yet is subliminal is what the ace director, Saheed Apanpa, is hitting the cinemas with during the festive period. Apampa said he is enthusiastic about Dagger, not only for the reason that it is his first personal work,one special to …

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Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra says his victory in the governorship election does not belong to him or All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) but to all the people of Anambra Obiano, in his acceptance speech titled, ‘Time to Build a New World”, in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government on Sunday, declared that “this sweet victory belongs to Ndi Anambra”. “It belongs to …

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Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Government has called on all citizens and residents of the state to remain calm and law abiding. In a statement by the secretary to the state government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, the state government commended the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s local government elections in the state and urged all law abiding citizens to calmly await the …

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New facts have emerged why the work permits of expatriate workers of Intels and its affiliates were cancelled recently. Documents released by the Federal Government yesterday in Abuja, which was sighted by our reporter, revealed that Intels on its own made the decisions to close its operations in the free trade zones. The documents revealed that while Intels ignored notices …

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Tayo Olanipekun Keeping the issuance of licences for tank farms on hold as well as  seamless port operations have been identified as conditions which will enable permanent resolution to the recurring Apapa gridlock; so says Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State said this while speaking at the second edition of Lagos Corporate Assembly tagged ‘A+ …

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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday announced that March 9 to 17, 2018, have been chosen for the conduct its 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It also announced that sale of registration form will commence on November 22 and will run till January 22, 2018.  The Board also announced that its mock exams will run from between …

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The National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday released the Consumer Price Index  which measures inflation with the index dropping year-on-year from 15.98 per cent in September to 15.91 per cent in October. The bureau in the report which was made available said this is the ninth consecutive month since January this year that the index would be slowing down. The report …

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The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has signed the State 2017 Supplementary Budget of N166, 105, 047, 405 into law. This is against the initial N160, 900, 388, 017 budget that was passed early this year by the State House of Assembly. The lawmakers had recently approved the revised budget and resolved that the sum of N29, 082,336, 523 …

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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the N200 billion Benin Industrial Park at Iyanomo in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.  Speaking at the event, Prof. Osinbajo said the industrial park will create 170, 000 direct and indirect jobs and would contribute significantly to the country’s manufacturing sector.  He commended the Governor of …

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